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RR will be facing KKR at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai after losing their previous encounter to Gujarat Titans by 37 runs. Rajasthan have done well in this tournament so far and with the addition of Trent Boult in their Playing XI they are expected to become an even more solid side in this tournament.
Jos Buttler's form with the bat has been crucial for the success of RR throughout this season and he might be player to watch out for in this game as well. Shimron Hetmyer has striked well at death overs and along with him in bowling department Chahal and Ashwin are expected to play a key role in middle overs for their side.
KKR after starting the IPL 2022 tournament very well have lost two back-to-back games against DC and SRH unfortunately. Varun Chakravarthy's mystery spin has been exposed to the opponent teams and him leaking too many runs has been a big problem in those two matches.
KKR has been relying heavily on players like Andre Russell, Sunil Narine to perform well while players like Venkatesh Iyer hasn't performed to his expectations and that has been hurting KKR's chances to win a game in this IPL season. KKR have won 3 out of 6 games in IPL 2022 and a loss for them might haunt their chances of entering the playoffs in this IPL season.
Let's have a look at numbers and stats before start of RR vs KKR game:
Among current players in IPL
Most runs for KKR vs RR: Andre Russell (170)
Most wickets for KKR vs RR: Shivam Mavi (11)
Most runs for RR vs KKR: Sanju Samson (248)
Most wickets for RR vs KKR: None with even 4 wickets
1 - Sunil Narine will become first player to play 150 matches for KKR in T20 cricket overall (IPL + CLT20).
Most matches for KKR in T20s:
Sunil Narine - 149
Gautam Gambhir / Yusuf Pathan - 122
Robin Uthappa - 91
Andre Russell - 89
2 - Devdutt Padikkal needs 2 more runs to complete 1000 runs in IPL.
3 - Sunil Narine needs 3 more wickets to become 8th bowler to take 150 wickets in IPL.
3 - Nitish Rana needs 3 more sixes to complete 100 sixes in IPL.
24 - Sunil Narine needs 24 more runs to complete 1000 runs in IPL.
49 - Sanju Samson needs 49 more runs to score 5000 runs in T20 cricket.
57 - Nitish Rana needs 57 more runs to complete 2000 runs in IPL.